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Exclusive | 'Wine mom' culture destroyed my ability to parent — and turned me into an addict

New York Post·Reda Wigle·18 days ago
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It’s a bitter sip. “Wine mom” culture celebrates alcohol as both a requirement and a reward for the maternal workload, with infinite cheeky memes and products boasting, “The most expensive part of having kids is all the wine you have to drink.” But for some, such lighthearted messages and merchandise — think “mommy juice” wine glasses and “mama needs wine” sweatshirts — belie a much darker reality. Taylor Krajewski said that her alcohol dependency escalated when she became a mother seven years ago. Taylor Krajewski “What began as me ‘relaxing after a hard day’ turned into a full-blown alcohol addiction,” content creator Taylor Krajewski told The Post. Krajewski, who documents her sobriety on TikTok, said that while she was always a drinker, her dependency escalated when she became a mother. “ Wine mom culture gave me a way to escape that felt justified,” she said, adding that she would use any excuse to drink.…

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